1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France

The 1948–49 Kangaroo tour was the seventh Kangaroo tour, in which the Australian national rugby league team travelled to Great Britain and France and played thirty-seven matches, including the Ashes series of three Test matches against Great Britain, an international match against Wales and two Test matches against the French. It followed the tour of 1937-38 and a cessation of overseas international tours due to World War II. The next was staged in 1952-53.

1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France
Manager	Bill Buckley Eric Simmonds
Tour captain(s)	Col Maxwell
Top point scorer(s)	John Graves 118
Top try scorer(s)	John Graves 16 & Jack Horrigan 16
Top test point scorer(s)	Keith Froome 15
Top test try scorer(s)	Duncan Hall 4
Summary	P W D L
Total	37 24 00 13
Test match	06 03 00 03
Opponent	P W D L
Great Britain	3 0 0 0
Wales	1 1 0 0
France	2 2 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour	1937-38
Next tour	1952-53

The squad's leadership

The team was selected with Col Maxwell as captain and Bill Tyquin as vice-captain. Tour co-managers were Bill Buckley and Eric Simmonds.^{[1] [2]} Maxwell captained the team on 12 occasions, including the Second Test against Great Britain.
Tyquin captained the team in 10 matches, including the exhibition match against South Australia and in three Test matches, the two victories over France and the Third Test loss to Great Britain.

Wally O'Connell captained the Kangaroos in the First Test Match against Great Britain, the international against Wales, and on six other occasions (Salford, Cumberland, St Helens, Bradford Northern, Swindon, and Yorkshire). In the matches in which neither Maxwell, Tyquin nor O’Connell played, the Kangaroos were captained by Keith Froome on 3 occasions (Dewsbury, Hull Kingston Rovers, and Lancashire), Billy Thompson on 3 occasions (Castleford, Languedoc, and Cannes) and Doug McRitchie twice (Hull & Leigh).

Touring squad

The Rugby League News published a photo and the names and states of the selected players. ^[3] Match details - listing surnames of both teams and the point scorers - were included in E.E. Christensen's Official Rugby League Yearbook, as was a summary of the players' point-scoring.^[4]
Benton, Brosnan, Hall, Horrigan, McMahon, Pegg, Thompson, and Tyquin were selected from Queensland clubs. Dimond, Gibbs, Hawke, and Schubert were selected from clubs in New South Wales Country areas. The balance of the squad had played for Sydney based clubs during the 1948 season.

Player	Position	Age	Weight	Club	Tests on Tour	Games	Tries	Goals	FG	Points
Henry Benton	Hooker	29	12.10 (81)	Centrals Townsville		10	0	0	0	0
Eddie Brosnan	Prop	30	15.0 (95)	Brisbane Brothers	1	17	2	0	0	6
Vic Bulgin	Fullback	20	11.10 (74)	Eastern Suburbs		16	1	1	1	7
Clive Churchill	Fullback	21	11.10 (74)	South Sydney	6	21	0	1	0	2
Les Cowie	Lock	23	12.10 (81)	South Sydney	1	20	10	0	0	30
Fred de Belin	Second-row	27	14.7 (92)	Balmain	4	15	4	0	0	12
Bobby Dimond	Wing	18	12.0 (76)	Dapto		15	9	0	0	27
Keith Froome	Halfback	27	10.8 (67)	Newtown	4	16	3	39	0	87
Alf Gibbs	Prop	27	14.6 (92)	South Newcastle	4	19	2	0	0	6
John Graves	Wing	22	12.4 (78)	South Sydney	2	20	16	35	0	118
Duncan Hall	Second-row	23	14.7 (92)	Brisbane Western Suburbs	4	21	10	0	0	30
Nevyl Hand	Prop	25	14.4 (91)	North Sydney	1	13	2	0	0	6
Johnny Hawke	Five-eighth	22	11.5 (72)	West City Canberra	5	23	11	0	0	33
Jack Holland	Prop	25	14.10 (93)	St George	2	19	3	0	0	9
Bruce Hopkins	Halfback	21	11.3 (71)	Canterbury	1	13	1	10	0	23
Jack Horrigan	Centre	24	13.1 (83)	Brisbane Valleys	2	20	16	8	0	64
Frank Johnson	Hooker	26	13.10 (87)	Newtown	2	7	1	0	0	3
Bob Lulham	Wing	21	11.9 (74)	Balmain	4	18	12	0	0	36
Col Maxwell	Centre	30	13.9 (87)	Western Suburbs	1	12	2	0	0	6
Pat McMahon	Wing	21	12.7 (79)	Toowoomba South End	6	22	12	0	0	36
Doug McRitchie	Centre	24	13.6 (85)	St George	4	14	3	0	0	9
Noel Mulligan	Second-row	22	13.10 (87)	Newtown	5	21	6	0	0	18
Wally O'Connell	Five-eighth	25	11.2 (71)	Eastern Suburbs	6	21	4	0	0	12
Len Pegg	Centre	26	12.7 (79)	South Brisbane		13	1	0	0	3
Jack Rayner	Second-row	27	14.7 (92)	South Sydney	3	24	5	1	0	17
Kevin Schubert	Hooker	21	14.7 (92)	Wollongong	6	22	1	0	0	3
Billy Thompson	Halfback	25	11.0 (70)	Toowoomba Valleys	1	15	2	0	0	6
Bill Tyquin	Lock	27	13.10 (87)	South Brisbane	4	14	6	0	0	18

Note: Tallies in the table above excludes the exhibition match against South Australia. Including the 13 match appearances and 96 points from the South Australia match would alter the leading try-scorer, with Bob Lulham (M 19, T 17, P 51) and Jack Horrigan (M 21, T 17, G 14, P 79) sharing that title with 17 tries each. The tour's leading point-scorer did not play in the South Australia match.

Adjustments for the other 11 players in the South Australia match would be Henry Benton (M 11, G 1, P 2), Vic Bulgin (M 17, T 2, G 1, FG 1, P 10), Bobby Dimond (M 16, T 14, P 42), Alf Gibbs (M 20, T 4, P 12), Nevyl Hand (M 14, T 5, P 15), Johnny Hawke (M 24, T 12, P 36), Bruce Hopkins (M 14, T 3, G 13, P 35), Doug McRitchie (M 15, T 5, P 15), Noel Mulligan (M 22, T 7, G 1, P 23), Jack Rayner (M 25, T 6, G 1, P 20), and Bill Tyquin (M 15, T 6, G 1, P 20).

Match results

The tourists travelled to Marseille aboard the RMS Maloja, making stops in Adelaide, Perth, Colombo, Mumbai and Aden.^[5][6][7] A scheduled exhibition match in Perth was cancelled when, due to rough seas in the Great Australian Bight, the arrival of the RMS Maloja into Fremantle was delayed.^[8] Also due to delays, arrangements were made to fly the players from Marseille into England. This was accomplished in two flights, with one plane flying into Manchester and the other into the outskirts of London.^[9]

Exhibition Match

August 11	South Australia	5–96	Australia	Adelaide Oval
2.15pm	Tries: 1 N. Silver Goals: 1 H. Wood	[10] [11]	Tries: 24 Bobby Dimond (5) Bob Lulham (5) Nevyl Hand (3) Doug McRitchie (2) Bruce Hopkins (2) Alf Gibbs (2) Jack Horrigan Noel Mulligan Vic Bulgin Jack Rayner Johnny Hawke Goals: 12 Jack Horrigan (6) Bruce Hopkins (3) Bill Tyquin Noel Mulligan Henry Benton	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: B. Burns

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In Great Britain

September 18	Huddersfield	22–3	Australia	Fartown, Huddersfield
3.00pm	Tries: 4 P. Reid (2) R. Robson (2) Goals: 5 J. Bawden (2) P. Devery (2) P. Reid	[12] [13]	Tries: 1 Wally O'Connell Goals: nil	Attendance: 26,053 Gate: £ 3,530 Referee: S. Adams

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September 20	Belle Vue Rangers	9–14	Australia	Belle Vue, Manchester
5.45pm	Tries: 1 S. McCormick Goals: 3 Gregory (3)	[14] [15]	Tries: 4 Bob Lulham (2) Bobby Dimond Les Cowie Goals: 1 Clive Churchill	Attendance: 7,535 Gate: £ 825 Referee: George S. Phillips

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September 23	Hull	3–13	Australia	The Boulevard, Hull
5.30pm	Tries: 1 Madden Goals: 0	[16] [17]	Tries: 3 Jack Horrigan (2) Johnny Hawke Goals: 2 Keith Froome (2)	Attendance: 16,616 Gate: £ 2,057 Referee: A. Hill

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September 25	Wakefield Trinity	19–26	Australia	Belle Vue, Wakefield
3.00pm	Tries: 5 Fletcher (2) H. Jones Bratley Booth Goals: 2 Rylance Murphy	[18] [19]	Tries: 6 Pat McMahon (3) Col Maxwell Jack Horrigan Noel Mulligan Goals: 4 Bruce Hopkins (3) Jack Horrigan	Attendance: 20,040 Gate: £ 2,215 Referee: A.S. Dobson

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September 29	Leigh	12–24	Australia	Kirkhall Lane, Leigh
5.30pm	Tries: 2 Sale Clewy Goals: 3 J. Ledgard (3)	[20] [21]	Tries: 4 Bob Lulham Doug McRitchie Les Cowie Duncan Hall Goals: 6 Keith Froome (6)	Attendance: 12,968 Gate: £ 1,254 Referee: F. Smith

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October 2	Salford	2–13	Australia	The Willows, Weaste, Salford
3.00pm	Tries: 0 Goals: 1 J. Davies	[22] [23]	Tries: 3 Johnny Hawke (2) Jack Rayner Goals: 2 Keith Froome (2)	Attendance: 16,627 Gate: £ 1,871 Referee: P. Cowell

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October 6	Castleford	8–10	Australia	Wheldon Road, Castleford
5.00pm	Tries: 2 Mugglestone Booth Goals: 1 Staines	[24] [25]	Tries: 2 John Graves (2) Goals: 2 John Graves (2)	Attendance: 14,004 Gate: £ 1,454 Referee: L. Thorpe

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1st Test vs Great Britain

Great Britain	23–21	Australia
Tries: 7 Albert Pimblett (2) Stan McCormick (2) Trevor Foster (2) Dave Valentine Goals: 1 Ernest Ward	[26] [27] [28]	Tries: 5 Pat McMahon (2) John Graves Keith Froome Duncan Hall Goals: 3 John Graves (3)

October 9 3.00pm

Headingley, Leeds Attendance: 36,529 Gate: £ 8,020 Referee: A.S. Dobson

Great Britain	Position	Australia
Jimmy Ledgard	FB	Clive Churchill
Johnny Lawrenson	WG	John Graves
Ernest Ward (c)	CE	Doug McRitchie
Albert Pimblett	CE	Johnny Hawke
Stan McCormick	WG	Pat McMahon
Willie Horne	SO	Wally O'Connell (c)
Gerry Helme	SH	Keith Froome
Ken Gee	PR	Jack Holland
Joe Egan	HK	Kevin Schubert
George Curran	PR	Alf Gibbs
Bob Nicholson	SR	Duncan Hall
Trevor Foster	SR	Jack Rayner
Dave Valentine	LF	Noel Mulligan

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October 13	Cumberland	5–4	Australia	Whitehaven Recreation
5.00pm	Tries: 1 W. Iveson Goals: 1 J. Bawden	[29] [30]	Tries: nil Goals: 2 John Graves (2)	Attendance: 8,818 Gate: £ 969 Referee: F. Smith

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October 14	St Helens	10–8	Australia	Knowsley Road, St Helens
4.15pm	Tries: 2 Greenhall Lawrence Goals: 2 T. Stott (2)	[31] [32]	Tries: 2 Nevyl Hand Les Cowie Goals: 1 John Graves	Attendance: 20,175 Gate: £ 2,036 Referee: N.T. Railton

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October 16	Dewsbury	4–14	Australia	Crown Flatt, Dewsbury
3.00pm	Tries: nil Goals: 2 J. Kelly (2)	[33] t[34]	Tries: 2 Jack Horrigan Bobby Dimond Goals: 4 Keith Froome (4)	Attendance: 13,614 Gate: £ 1,481 Referee: T. Armitage

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October 18	Hull Kingston Rovers	17–12	Australia	Craven Park, Hull
5.00pm	Tries: 3 Burke Steele Mills Goals: 4 McWatt (3) Mills	[35] [36]	Tries: 2 Jack Horrigan Les Cowie Goals: 3 John Graves (3)	Attendance: 7,614 Gate: £ 950 Referee: A. Howgate

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October 20	Wigan	16–11	Australia	Central Park, Wigan
4.30pm	Tries: 4 Ratcliffe (2) Ashcroft Lawrenson Goals: 2 Ted Ward (2)	[37] [38]	Tries: 3 Pat McMahon Kevin Schubert John Graves Goals: 1 John Graves	Attendance: 28,554 Gate: £ 3,317 Referee: C.F. Appleton

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October 23	Barrow	5–11	Australia	Craven Park, Barrow-In-Furness
3.00pm	Tries: 1 J. Lewthwaite Goals: 1 Spooner	[39] [40]	Tries: 3 William Thompson Alf Gibbs Bill Tyquin Goals: 1 John Graves	Attendance: 13,143 Gate: £ 1,349 Referee: W. Stockley

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October 27	Leeds	2–15	Australia	Pavilion, Headingley, Leeds
3.00pm	Tries: nil Goals: 1 Cook	[41] [42]	Tries: 3 Jack Horrigan (2) Jack Holland Goals: 3 Keith Froome (3)	Attendance: 13,542 Gate: £ 1,802 Referee: F. Cottam

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October 30	Warrington	16–7	Australia	Wilderspool, Warrington
3.00pm	Tries: 2 G. Helme J. Featherstone Goals: 5 H. Palin (5)	[43] [44]	Tries: 1 John Graves Goals: 2 John Graves (2)	Attendance: 26,879 Gate: £ 3,608 Referee: L.J. Dalby

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2nd Test vs Great Britain

Great Britain	16–7	Australia
Tries: 4 Johnny Lawrenson (2) Albert Pimblett (2) Goals: 2 Ernest Ward (2)	[45] [46] [47]	Tries: 1 Jack Horrigan Goals: 2 John Graves (2)

November 6 3.00pm

Station Road, Swinton, Manchester Attendance: 36,354 Gate: £ 6,702 Referee: George S. Phillips

Great Britain	Position	Australia
Martin Ryan	FB	Clive Churchill
Johnny Lawrenson	WG	Pat McMahon
Ernest Ward (c)	CE	Col Maxwell (c)
Albert Pimblett	CE	Jack Horrigan
Stan McCormick	WG	John Graves
Dickie Williams	SO	Wally O'Connell
Gerry Helme	SH	Billy Thompson
Ken Gee	PR	Alf Gibbs
Joe Egan	HK	Kevin Schubert
George Curran	PR	Nevyl Hand
Bob Nicholson	SR	Jack Rayner
Trevor Foster	SR	Noel Mulligan
Dave Valentine	LF	Bill Tyquin

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November 10	Bradford Northern	7–21	Australia	Odsal Stadium, Bradford
3.00pm	Tries: 1 E. Batten Goals: 2 Carmichael (2)	[48] [49]	Tries: 5 Jack Horrigan (3) Pat McMahon (2) Goals: 3 John Graves (2)	Attendance: 13,287 Gate: £ 1,525 Referee: W. Hemmings

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November 13	Workington Town	10–7	Australia	Borough Park, Workington
11.00am	Tries: 2 L. Graham A. Pepperell Goals: 2 A. Paskins (2)	[50] [51]	Tries: 1 Les Cowie Goals: 2 John Graves (2)	Attendance: 13,253 Gate: £ 1,419 Referee: C.F. Appleton

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November 17	Swinton	0–21	Australia	Station Road, Swinton, Manchester
2.45pm	Tries: nil Goals: nil	[52] [53]	Tries: 5 Bob Lulham (2) Pat McMahon Jack Horrigan Jack Rayner Goals: 3 Bruce Hopkins (2) Jack Horrigan	Attendance: 6,041 Gate: £ 663 Referee: J. Kemp

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Only Test vs Wales

Wales	5–12	Australia
Tries: 1 Gareth Price Goals: 1 Ted Ward	[54] [55] [56]	Tries: 2 Johnny Hawke Jack Holland Goals: 3 Bruce Hopkins (2) Jack Horrigan

November 20 2.30pm

St. Helen's Field, Swansea Attendance: 9,161 Gate: £ 1,375 Referee: N.T. Railton

Wales	Posit.	Australia
Joe Jones	FB	Clive Churchill (c)
Emlyn Walters	WG	Pat McMahon
Ted Ward (c)	CE	Jack Horrigan
Gareth Price	CE	Johnny Hawke
Denis Boocker	WG	Bob Lulham
Leonard Constance	SO	Wally O'Connell
Harry Royal	SH	Bruce Hopkins
Frank Whitcombe	PR	Jack Holland
Frank Osmond	HK	Kevin Schubert
Elwyn Gwyther	PR	Eddie Brosnan
George Parsons	SR	Jack Rayner
Doug Phillips	SR	Fred de Belin
Ike Owens	LF	Les Cowie

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November 24	Yorkshire	5–2	Australia	Headingley, Leeds
2.30pm	Tries: 1 Riches Goals: 1 J. Ledgard	[57] [58]	Tries: nil Goals: 1 Bruce Hopkins	Attendance: 5,100 Gate: £ 662 Referee: T. McMahon Jnr

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November 27	Halifax	8–10	Australia	Thrum Hall, Halifax
2.30pm	Tries: 2 Ward Kielty Goals: 1 Chalkley	[59] [60]	Tries: 2 Bob Lulham Jack Holland Goals: 2 Jack Horrigan (2)	Attendance: 6,520 Gate: £ 763 Referee: M. Coates

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December 4	Oldham	7–27	Australia	Watersheddings, Oldham
2.30pm	Tries: 1 Glanville Goals: 2 Barraclough (2)	[61] [62]	Tries: 7 Johnny Hawke (2) Duncan Hall (2) Bob Lulham Keith Froome Bill Tyquin Goals: 3 Keith Froome (3)	Attendance: 14,798 Gate: £ 1,868 Referee: George S. Phillips

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December 8	Lancashire	13–8	Australia	Central Park, Wigan
2.30pm	Tries: 3 S. McCormick (2) E. Ashcroft Goals: 2 H. Palin (2)	[63] [64]	Tries: 2 Pat McMahon Jack Horrigan Goals: 1 Keith Froome	Attendance: 11,788 Gate: £ 1,378 Referee: George S. Phillips

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December 11	Widnes	8–18	Australia	Naughton Park, Widnes
2.15pm	Tries: 2 Jolley Whittaker Goals: 1 Hughes	[65]	Tries: 4 John Graves Len Pegg Col Maxwell Johnny Hawke Goals: 3 John Graves (3)	Attendance: 10,761 Gate: £ 1,225 Referee: A.S. Dobson

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in France

December 25	Pyrenees	3–43	Australia	Stade Chapou, Toulouse
3.00pm	Tries: 1 Espelugue Goals: nil	[66] [67]	Tries: 9 Bob Lulham (3) Bobby Dimond (2) Keith Froome Noel Mulligan Doug McRitchie Wally O'Connell Goals: 8 Keith Froome (8)	Attendance: 6,806 Gate: F 949,950 Referee: Bonnemore

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December 26	Catalan	20–5	Australia	Stade Jean Lafou, Perpignan
3.00pm	Tries: 4 Negfier Blanc Maso Case (penalty) Goals: 4 Comes (3) Field goals: De Jean	[68] [69]	Tries: 1 Nevyl Hand Goals: 1 John Graves	Attendance: 12,254 Gate: F 1,996,510 Referee: Martin

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January 2	Carcassonne	8–13	Australia	Stade La Pepiniere, Carcassonne
3.00pm	Tries: nil Goals: 4 Llari (4)	[70] [71]	Tries: 3 Duncan Hall Bob Lulham Jack Horrigan Goals: 2 Jack Horrigan (2)	Attendance: 7,990 Gate: F 1,391,525 Referee: Rene Guidicelli

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January 8	Languedoc	0–38	Australia	Béziers
	Tries: nil Goals: nil	[72]	Tries: 10 Johnny Hawke (2) Les Cowie (2) John Graves Bobby Dimond William Thompson Bruce Hopkins Eddie Brosnan Frank Johnson Goals: 4 John Graves (4)	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Goyetz

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1st Test vs France

France	10–29	Australia
Tries: 2 Ode Lespes Ulysse Negrier Goals: 2 Gaston Comes (2)	[73] [74] [75]	Tries: 7 Bill Tyquin (2) Pat McMahon Wally O'Connell Fred de Belin Alf Gibbs Duncan Hall Goals: 4 Keith Froome (4)

January 9 3.00pm

Stade Municipal, Marseille Attendance: 15,796 Gate: F 2,696,600 Referee: A.S. Dobson

France	Position	Australia
Gaston Comes	FB	Clive Churchill
Ode Lespes	WG	Pat McMahon
Joseph Crespo	CE	Doug McRitchie
Albert Kaemph	CE	Johnny Hawke
Robert Casse	WG	Bob Lulham
Pierre Taillantou	SO	Wally O'Connell
Jean Dop	SH	Keith Froome
Gaston Calixte (c)	PR	Alf Gibbs
Ulysse Negrier	HK	Kevin Schubert
Élie Brousse	PR	Duncan Hall
Louis Mazon	SR	Noel Mulligan
Martin Martin	SR	Fred de Belin
Andre Beraud	LF	Bill Tyquin (c)

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January 10	Cannes	7–60	Australia	Stade Hesperides, Cannes
	Tries: 1 Durnand Goals: 2 Fachant (2)	[76] [77]	Tries: 16 John Graves (5) Bobby Dimond (3) Jack Horrigan (2) Les Cowie (2) Fred de Belin (2) Eddie Brosnan Vic Bulgin Goals: 6 Bruce Hopkins (2) John Graves Jack Horrigan Vic Bulgin Jack Rayner	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Bernard

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January 15	France XIII	8–30	Australia	Stade Municipal, Romans, Valence
2.30pm	Tries: 2 Blanc Gacia Goals: 1 Andre	[78] [79]	Tries: 8 Jack Rayner (3) John Graves (2) Bobby Dimond Les Cowie Duncan Hall Goals: 3 John Graves (3)	Attendance: 4,385 Gate: F 620,250 Referee: Rene Guidicelli

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January 16	Lyon/Roanne	10–29	Australia	Stade Municipal, Lyon
3.00pm	Tries: 2 Poug Trescazes ()penalty) Goals: 2 Barre teau (2)	[78] [80]	Tries: 7 Johnny Hawke (2) Bill Tyquin (2) Pat McMahon Wally O'Connell Duncan Hall Goals: 4 Keith Froome (4)	Attendance: 4,514 Gate: F 855,750 Referee: Donnemaure

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January 17	Cavaillon	5–22	Australia	Stade Municipal, Avignon
	Tries: 1 Prat Goals: 1 Lopez	[81]	Tries: 6 Noel Mulligan (3) John Graves (2) Doug McRitchie Goals: 2 John Graves (2)	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Cassan

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2nd Test vs France

France	0–10	Australia
Tries: nil Goals: nil	[82] [83] [84]	Tries: 2 Duncan Hall Noel Mulligan Goals: 2 Keith Froome (2)

January 23 3.00pm

Stade Municipal, Bordeaux Attendance: 17,365 Gate: F 2,870,850 Referee: A. Pascall

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France	Position	Australia
Jean Barreteau	FB	Clive Churchill
Fredo Trescazes	WG	Pat McMahon
Paul Dejean	CE	Doug McRitchie
Robert Caillou	CE	Johnny Hawke
Raymond Contrastin	WG	Bob Lulham
Pierre Taillantou	SO	Wally O'Connell
Joseph Crespo	SH	Keith Froome
Gaston Calixte (c)	PR	Duncan Hall
Henri Riu	HK	Kevin Schubert
Ulysse Negrier	PR	Alf Gibbs
Paul Bartoletti	SR	Fred de Belin
Martin Martin	SR	Noel Mulligan
Ambroise Ulma	LF	Bill Tyquin (c)

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3rd Test v Great Britain

This Test Match was originally intended to be played on December 18, 1948, Due to dense fog at the ground (Odsal) in the hours prior to the match, play was abandoned and the match rescheduled to occur after the French leg of the tour. Curiously, the fog of December 18 cleared around the scheduled time, 2.45pm, of kick-off.^[85][86] The morning of January 29 again saw for at the ground (Odsal), but this cleared by lunch-time and the postponed match was played out under clear skies.

Great Britain	23–9	Australia
Tries: 5 George Curran (2) Ernest Ward Stan McCormick Dickie Williams Goals: 4 Ernest Ward (4)	[87] [88] [89]	Tries: 3 Duncan Hall Bob Lulham Fred de Belin Goals: nil

January 29 2.45pm

Odsal Stadium, Bradford Attendance: 43,500 Gate: £ 6,877 Referee: George S. Phillips

Great Britain	Position	Australia
Martin Ryan	FB	Clive Churchill
Johnny Lawrenson	WG	Bob Lulham
Albert Pimblett	CE	Doug McRitchie
Ernest Ward (c)	CE	Johnny Hawke
Stan McCormick	WG	Pat McMahon
Dickie Williams	SO	Wally O'Connell
Gerry Helme	SH	Keith Froome
George Curran	PR	Alf Gibbs
Joe Egan	HK	Kevin Schubert
Ken Gee	PR	Duncan Hall
Bill Hudson	SR	Fred de Belin
Jim Featherstone	SR	Noel Mulligan
Dave Valentine	LF	Bill Tyquin (c)

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Sources

Acronym	Item	Years	Database App	Notes
Direct Online Access
RLN	Rugby League News	1920-1973	Trove	Team Lists, Team Photos, Articles
RLP	Rugby League Project	1907-present	RLP Website	Test Match teams & scorers.
BT	Brisbane Telegraph	1948-1954	Trove	Match Reports, Articles by W.F. (Bill) Corbett as well as the AAP.
Sun	The Sun	1910-1954	Trove
NS	The Newcastle Sun	1918-1954	Trove
DT	The Daily Telegraph	1931-1954	Trove	Match Reports, Articles by Phil Tresidder
SMH	The Sydney Morning Herald	1842-1954	Trove	Match Reports, Articles by Tom Goodman as well as the AAP.
CM	The Courier-Mail	1933-1954	Trove
—	Various Australian newspapers	1952-1953	Trove	Match Reports written by the Australian Associated Press and amended by local editors. The Cairns Post, Maryborough Chronicle, and Rockhampton's Morning Bulletin typically published longer versions of the AAP articles.
Offline Resources
EECYB	E.E. Christensen's Official Rugby League Year Book	1946-1978	Copies at State Library of NSW	Teams, Point Scorers, Report. 1953 Yearbook covers the 1952-53 tour.
-	Ipswich Rugby League - The Bulimba Cup Era 1925 to 1972 [90]	1925-1972	Copies at SLQ & NLA	Given Names & Club of Brisbane, Ipswich & Toowoomba Players

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External links

• 1948-49 Kangaroo Tour at Rugby League Project